Heat radiating device



Feb. 16, 1932. H. E. WHITTEN HEAT RADIATING DEVICE Filed Aug. 28. 1930[woe/mien Horace Z5. Tnfizzero.

Patented Feb. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES HORACE E. WRITTEN, O]! SOMEBVILLE,MASSACHUSETTS HEAT RADIATING DEVICE Application filed August 28, 1930.Serial No. 478,395.

This invention relates to an improvement in heat radiating devices andhas for its object to provide a device that may be located in a recessprovided in the wall of a building where it is concealed from View, butnevertheless can radiate heat effectively to an adjacent room.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device that may beeasily cleaned, the heat conducting member containing the fines beindetachable from the heat radiating mem er, thereby making it possible toeasily remove deposits of dust from both the ra diating member and theconducting member.

Still another object of the invention is to so construct the compartmentfor the heat ing medium that condensation cannot collect therein,thereby eliminating the noises that are caused by steam passing throughthe radiating member contacting with water that is trapped within theradiator.

The invention consists in a heat radiating device as set forth in thefollowing specification and particularly as pointed out in the claimsthereof.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 represents a partial front elevationand partial central vertical section of a heat radiating deviceembodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 5 represents a heat radiating member provided with acompartment 6 therein for a heating medium and embodying therein aplurality of heat radiating flanges 7. The flanges 7 extend entirelyaround the heat radiating member 5 and are preferably circular in form,although they may be shaped otherwise if desired.

The heating compartment 6 extends entirely through the radiating member5 and has a semi-cylindrical bottom surface 8 which permits condensationwater to flow outwardly therefrom at its opposite ends into pipes 9 and10 that are connected thereto, said pipes being the pipes that areutilized to conduct the heating medium, which is preferably steam, toand from the radiating member. The upper portion of the heatingcompartment 6 is recessed at 11 within the flanges 7, thereby increasingthe area of the com artment.

ounted upon the. radiating member 5 is a heat conducting member 12,preferably constructed of sheet metal, and the lower edge of each endwall of said heat conducting member is cut awa at 13 to permitsaid edgeto rest upon t e body portion of the radiating member between theflanges 7. The heat conducting member 12 embodies therein a plurality oftransverse partitions 14 which divide the interior of said member into aplurality of separate fines 15 and said partitions are so spaced thatthere will be a partition located in the space between each pairof'fianges 7, and the lower edges of all of said partitions are soformed that they will rest upon that portion of the body of the heatradiating member that is located between thefianges 7. An opening 16 isprovided at the bottom of each flue 15 in order that air circulatingaround the flanges 7 may pass upwardly through the fines 15 and thelatter, at their upper extremities, are open at 17 in order that theheated air may pass outwardly therefrom at the top. The heat conductingmember 13 is prevented from tipping upon the radiating member 5 byreason of the fact that the side walls of the member 12 frictionallyengage the periphery of the flanges 7 at 18. Standards 19 support theheat radiating member 5 adjacent to its opposite ends.

The device when in use is located in a recess provided in the Walls of abuilding behind a suitable ornamental grill through. which the heatedair is radiated by the device, and the fresh air that contacts directlywith the flanges 7 passes u wardly through the various fines and isdischarged at the top of the heat conducting member 12 through thedischarge orifices 17, the latter prefer ably being located adjacent tothe openings in the grill through which the air passes. As the heatconducting member 12 rests upon and contacts with the body portion ofthe heat radiating member 5 between the flanges 7 it is maintained at arelatively hot temperature and, therefore, aids in maintaining thetemperature of the heated air while the latter is being conductedtherethrough to the grill. Furthermore, as the heat conducting member issecured to the heat radiating member 5 by frictional contact only, allthat is necessary in cleaning both ofsaid'members is to remove theconducting member from the radiating member and when said members arethus separated they may both be easily dusted.

The construction of the interior of the heating compartment 6 is suchthat water cannot collect within said compartment so that noises thatare usuallycreated by steam passing through a radiating member andcontacting with water that is trapped therein will be prevented.

I claim: 1. A device of thecharacter described comprising, incombination, a heat radiating member provided with a compartment thereinfor a heating medium and embodying thereina plurality of heat radiatingflanges, and a heat conducting member adapted to rest upon saidradiating member and provided with a -fiue extending therethrough aboveeach of said flanges.

2. A device ofthe character described comprising, in combination, a heatradiating member provided with a compartment therein for a heatingmedium and embodying therein a plurality of heat radiating flanges,

and a heat conducting member adapted to rest upon said radiating memberand embodying therein a plurality of partitions positioned between saidflanges thereby forming fiues above said flanges, whereby heat radiatingfrom said flangesmay pass through said fines.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HORACE WHITTEN.

